Fun campaign over too soon
posted by tjsmoke (NORTHAMPTON, PA) Mar 5, 2010
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NOTE: This review is based on the single player campaign only, as I don't do the online multiplayer, which is why this score is a bit lower than some other reviews.
"Battlefield: Bad Company 2" reunites us with Marlowe, Sarge, Sweetwater, and Haggard, the boys who make up Bravo Company. Only this time around, their exploits don't take them in pursuit of mercenary gold. Rather, they're in pursuit of a Russian who's trying to obtain a very nasty weapon. The chase takes them from the snow covered mountains in Alaska to the jungles of South America, and for the most part it's quite a fun ride. The destructable environments are back and amped up, as this time you can collapse whole structures with a well placed shot. Controls are tight and easy to pick up, and the health system is revamped (gone is using your syringe-now you need to find cover). The AI is fairly smat and will use the destructable environments against you, adding a bit more tension and faster pace to the firefights. The voice acting is again superb, with lots of humor thrown in, and the story is much tighter than the first game. Graphics are bumped up a notch, with only the occassional hiccup, with nice weather effects for good measure. There is a problem with your squadmates, however, as they sometimes get in your way, but overall they help. There are times too when the enemy can be a bit overwhelming, and the particle effects from dust, smoke, and explosions makes seeing difficult, which can lead to some cheap deaths. Overall though the game is fun to play, but it just ends way too soon. Clocking in at between 5-7 hours, buying this for the single player just doesn't make much sense. It would have been nice if EA and DICE had included some offline co-op, but no such luck. If you play online, from what I've read, then this game's for you. If you're an offline solo gamer like myself, then this is a rental only, but it's definitely worth the rent. Maybe the next one will be longer.
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